Rilly > Rilly's Quotes

“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”
― Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Screenplay

“Taking no chances means wasting your dreams..”
― Ellen Hopkins, Crank

“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...”
― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

“Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.”
― Carl Sandburg

“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.”
― Nadezhda Mandelstam, Hope Against Hope

“In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.”
― John Grisham

“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.”
― Lillian Hellman

“The heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.”
― Noah Webster

“All serious daring starts from within.”
― Eudora Welty, On Writing

“Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.”
― Charles Chaplin

“We take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”
― Cynthia Ozick

“Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.”
― Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall

“Every weirdo in the world is on my wavelength.”
― Thomas Pynchon

“Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.”
― Dan Brown, Digital Fortress

“You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.”
― Bill Watterson